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Fertilizing garden flowers is an important component of caring for them. To gain green mass and lay a large number of buds, it is necessary to feed the hydrangea in June, July and August. In summer, the crop especially needs complex fertilizers for good growth and abundant flowering.
Do I need to feed hydrangea in summer?
With the onset of warm summer days, all types of this crop, paniculate, tree-like, large-leaved, begin to lay buds, and in the southern regions they already bloom. This process exhausts the plant, takes a lot of energy from it, and it needs nutritional supplements.
It is better to use purchased complex fertilizers that contain all the necessary microelements
If the soil lacks the necessary substances, the flowers become faded, budding stops, and the bush can be attacked by insect pests and various diseases.
If there is not enough iron in the soil, the flowers of this crop change color, and the leaves are affected by chlorosis in August
When to feed hydrangeas in summer
Important stages for applying fertilizers: the beginning of growth, the process of bud formation and the flowering period itself. After transplanting the seedling into the soil, the first fertilizing is applied 2 years later. As a rule, the nutrients that enrich the soil during the planting process are enough for the plant for exactly this time.
Summer fertilizing is applied at least 1-2 times a month. Alternate organic and mineral fertilizers. You can feed hydrangea with them in August, but you should choose preparations without nitrogen. During this period, the culture is preparing for winter, and it does not need excessive stimulation.
How to fertilize hydrangea in summer
Nutritional supplements should contain maximum amounts of phosphorus and potassium. From the beginning of summer to August, flowers are fed with solutions of superphosphate and potassium sulfate, nitroammophoska.
Feeding hydrangea in summer with folk remedies
In June and August, garden flowers are fed with both ready-made purchased mineral fertilizers and folk remedies. The plant responds well to acidic soil. A solution of fermented milk products: whey, yogurt or kefir will help to make it so. They are diluted with water in a 1:1 ratio.
Stale black bread can be used to feed any flowering crop, including hydrangea, until August.
The product is crushed and filled with water in a ratio of 1:1, left for 24 hours
The resulting solution can be used to feed the flower both in June and August. Watering with bread is carried out every 2 weeks.
Yeast can be fed to a flowering crop during the period of active bud formation - in June. Mix half a tablespoon of baker's yeast with 3 tbsp. l. sugar, pour a glass of warm water. As soon as the solution begins to foam and bubble, it is diluted with water, bringing the total volume to 10 liters.The bush is fed with yeast 2 times, in June and August.
Feed the bush with a weak solution of potassium permanganate once in June, July and August
The substance disinfects the soil, makes shoots and root shoots strong but flexible.
Whey, kefir, a weakly acidic solution of vinegar or citric acid are used as soil oxidizers, which can be used to feed the plant from June to August.
Fertilizing hydrangeas in summer with mineral fertilizers
In June, in the first ten days, complex fertilizers are applied for flowering crops. This month it is important to use preparations containing nitrogen. They stimulate metabolic and biological processes, prepare the bush for flowering. You can feed the flower with nitrogen until mid-July, but not in August.
In mid-June, the bush can be fed with substances containing potassium and phosphorus. Nitrophoska and Agricola are also used.
As soon as the first flowers open, apply nutritional sprays.
To improve flowering, the drug “Bud” is suitable; it is diluted in accordance with the instructions and the green part of the plant is sprayed with it.
You can feed hydrangea in July with complex potassium-phosphorus supplements. It’s good that if such fertilizers also contain other nutrients, they should contain a minimum amount of nitrogen.
You can feed the shrub in August with Kemira Flower fertilizer, following the instructions. A weak solution of potassium permanganate is also used, a bucket for each bush.
In mid-summer, the bush is fed with slurry and nitroammophos
Fertilizing hydrangeas in August is carried out after flowering has ended. It is important to apply fertilizers that do not contain nitrogen.The shrub needs potassium, magnesium, and phosphorus during this period, since it is in August that the flower buds of the next year are laid.
In August, flowers are watered with a solution of superphosphate and potassium sulfate (1 tablespoon per bucket of water). Each bush needs to be fed with 10 liters of solution.
The timing of fertilizing may vary due to climatic conditions and the general condition of the plant. In each case, it is important to take into account the periods of growth, budding, and flowering. Feeding hydrangea at the end of August can be completely excluded.
An excess of minerals leads to an increase in green mass, and next year’s flower buds will not conceive
How to summer feed hydrangeas
During the flowering period, it is recommended to feed the bush every 2 weeks. It is important to adhere to the fertilization schedule from July to August. The splendor of the buds and the duration of flowering depend on this.
How to properly feed a plant:
- The beginning of summer is the period of formation of ovaries. To increase their number and duration of flowering, make a solution of 10 liters of water, 1 tbsp. l. Agricola and the same volume of nitroammophoska. This amount of nutrients can be fed to 1 flowering bush 2 times a month.
- July is the period of active flowering. To prolong the process longer, the bush can be fed with a solution of “Kemira flower” diluted in 10 liters of water. Fertilizing is applied 2 times a month.
- In August, it is recommended to feed the flowering crop with a solution of superphosphate (1 tbsp) and potassium sulfate (1 tbsp), the substances are dissolved in a bucket of water. Nitrogen compounds are excluded in August. They stimulate the growth of the green part of the plant, which leads to deformation of the bush.
- Twice a season from June to August the flower is sprayed and fed with the drug “Ferovit”.It will replenish iron deficiency and prevent the development of chlorosis.
A week after applying mineral fertilizers, the plant is fed with organic matter. To do this, use bird droppings, cow manure or plant residues.
Half a liter of waste is dissolved in a bucket of water; it is recommended to feed the flower until the beginning of August.
Advice from experienced gardeners
It is important to feed flowering shrubs correctly from June to August without harming the plant. It must be remembered that an excess of fertilizers has a detrimental effect on the growth of the crop and can lead to deformation and rotting of its rhizomes.
Helpful Tips:
- There is no need to feed the bush more than twice a month in summer, especially in August.
- It is better to alternate mineral fertilizers with organic ones. But you cannot always use traditional methods. Hydrangea does not tolerate the constant addition of organic substances; they should be completely abandoned in August.
- Between waterings, it is good to use acidic solutions, which make the flower buds lush and bright.
- Fertilizers are applied only to loose, well-moistened soil. To do this, a day before feeding the hydrangea, water it abundantly. If it rained the day before, water procedures in June and August can be excluded. Moisture in the soil will not allow the active substances of complex and organic fertilizers to burn the roots of the plant.
- You can feed the flower from July to August with Pokon fertilizer. A small amount of powder is poured around the bush in early June, its effect will last until the end of August.
The product is intended for rhododendrons and azaleas, but works great for hydrangeas
- Hydrangeas are watered with a solution of citric acid (10 g per 10 liters of water) twice a summer, in June and August.This method will strengthen the plant, make its branches elastic, they will not break off under the weight of the buds.
- To give the buds a blue color, the bush is watered in early June with a special solution. Take 2 tbsp. l. potassium and ammonium sulfate, the substances are dissolved in a bucket of water.
- At the beginning of June, it is recommended to mix lime and ash in equal parts and sprinkle the tree trunk with powder.
Ash will turn the buds bright pink
Hydrangea responds with gratitude to fertilizing from June to August. With the right approach, the flowering of the shrub will be lush and long-lasting.
Conclusion
It is important for flower growers to remember to feed hydrangeas in June. This is an important procedure that affects the further growth of the crop, the formation of buds, and the duration of flowering. Feeding is applied monthly until the end of August. And in early September they begin preparations for wintering.
